Samsung's New Galaxy Phone Might Be Able To Read Your Fingerprint When You Touch The Screen

Samsung's next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, may have a
fingerprint sensor that's built into the screen,
according to a report from iTechAddict, which has been pretty
good with Samsung leaks before. (There have been a few other
scattered reports saying the same thing in recent weeks.)

The new phone, which Samsung
is expected to unveil at an event on February 24 in
Barcelona, Spain, would in theory let you unlock the device just
by tapping anywhere on the glass display. Apple added a
fingerprint sensor to the new iPhone 5S, but embedded it in the
home button instead of the screen.

What else do we know?

The Galaxy S5 may come in two variants: one metal and one
plastic. The metal version would be a premium device with faster
specs. The plastic version would be a bit cheaper. It's similar
to the way Apple offers the iPhone 5S and plastic iPhone 5C
today.

There have also been rumors that Samsung will put an iris sensor
in the Galaxy S5 that will scan your eyes to unlock the device.

Other goodies: Early reports say the Galaxy S5 will have a screen
that's slightly larger than five inches with an ultra-crisp
resolution. It'll also have some zippy internal guts like 3 GB of
RAM.